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PEMBINA PIPELINE CORP. $33 is a buy. The company (Toronto symbol PPL; High-Growth Dividend Payer Portfolio; Utilities sector; Shares o/s: 549.8 million; Market cap: $18.1 billion; Divd. yield: 7.6%; Divd. Sustainability Rating: Above Average; www.pembina.com) last increased its monthly dividend by 5.0% with the January 2020 payment, to $0.21 a share from $0.20. The new annual rate of $2.52 yields a high 7.6%. In December 2019, Pembina acquired pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Canada for $2.3 billion. In addition, it paid the U.S. parent of Kinder Morgan $1.6 billion for the U.S. portion of the Cochin pipeline. Lower oil prices hurt revenue in the second quarter of 2020 for Pembina’s marketing division. That offset the contributions of the new operations. However, cost savings increased cash flow by 6.5%, to $586 million from $550 million; per-share cash flow slipped 0.9% to $1.07 from $1.08, on more shares outstanding from the Kinder Morgan purchase. Pembina Pipeline is a buy. buy…